So, let's get this clear, the gigs due to take place at Wembley Stadium this summer will go ahead. Maybe. Or, perhaps, maybe not. So, that's that cleared up.
Yes, management at Wembley Stadium wouldn't commit one way or the other yesterday as to whether the new stadium will be finished in time for the Bon Jovi gigs due to take place there on 10 and 11 Jun, or the Take That gigs on 24 and 25 Jun. Speculation that the concerts would have to be postponed came as the Football Association confirmed it was moving its FA Cup Final to Cardiff due to fears that the new venue wouldn't be ready for cup final day, 13 May. Whether building firm Multiplex will now have the venue ready to go for June remains to be seen - though given the costs associated with all these delays its not completely certain they'll still be in business come June.
A spokeswoman for Wembley yesterday resisted making too committal a statement, telling reporters: "We're very hopeful the concerts will go ahead. We are talking with the music promoters but we have not made our decision", while Wembley's chief executive Michael Cunnah was even less committal saying: "It's still too early to say when the stadium will be open".
So, it's wait and see. Still, the uncertainty enabled pretty much every news agency to run with the line - "it's not just Bon Jovi who are living on a prayer" - which is very funny. No really. It is.